Nick Coleman is a columnist

Nick Coleman is a columnist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press who has the Democratic Party running through his veins; his father was the respected Democratic majority leader of the state senate from 1973-80, until just before his premature death from cancer in March 1981. But even Nick Coleman realizes that one of the great stories of this past November 5 is the election of Minnesota’s new governor, Tim Pawlenty, who was sworn into office yesterday. Coleman’s profile of Tim is a terrific piece of first-hand reporting: “Back home for haircut, humility.”